Method and apparatus for wireless communication

ABSTRACT

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for wireless communication, for use in a communication system at least using two beams. The method comprises: a network device determines transmission resources that can be used by M beam groups, wherein each beam group comprises at least one beam in the at least two beams, M≥1; the network device sends configuration information to a first terminal device, the configuration information being used for indicating the transmission source used by each beam group, so that the practicability and user experience of a multi-beam system can be improved.

TECHNICAL FIELD

Embodiments of the disclosure relate to the field of communications, andmore particularly to a method and device for wireless communication.

BACKGROUND

At present, there is a multi-beam system that a network device providesmultiple beams and thus may provide different coverage through differentbeams.

In the related art, transmission resources (for example,frequency-domain resources or time-domain resources) available fordifferent beams are fixed. That is, a communication system may specify atransmission resource available for a certain beam and, moreover, duringoperation of the communication system, the beam may only use thetransmission resource specified by the communication system.

With development of communication technologies, communication servicesalso have made increasingly diversified requirements on transmissionresources. The same service may have different requirements ontransmission resources during different time periods. Since atransmission resource available for a beam cannot be changed, there mayexist the condition that the existing multi-beam system cannot meet aservice requirement of a terminal device, which seriously affectspracticability and user experience of the multi-beam system.

SUMMARY

The embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and device forwireless communication, which may improve practicability and userexperience of a multi-beam system.

In a first aspect, there is provided a method for wirelesscommunication, which may be performed in a communication system using atleast two beams and may include the following operations.

A network device determines transmission resources available for M beamgroups, here, each beam group includes at least one beam of the at leasttwo beams and M≥1; and the network device sends configurationinformation to a first terminal device, here, the configurationinformation is used to indicate the transmission resource available foreach beam group.

The network device determines transmission resources available for oneor more beams and indicates the transmission resources available for theone or more beams to the terminal device through the configurationinformation, so that the network device may be supported to change thetransmission resources available for the beams according to arequirement, different service requirements may be met andpracticability and user experience of the multi-beam system areimproved.

In combination with the first aspect, in a first implementation mode ofthe first aspect, transmission resources available for any two beamgroups are different.

In combination with the first aspect and the abovementionedimplementation mode thereof, in a second implementation mode of thefirst aspect, the operation that the network device determines thetransmission resources available for the M beam groups includes thefollowing operations.

The network device determines the transmission resource available for abeam group i according to information related to the beam in the beamgroup i, here, i∈[1, M] and the information related to the beam in thebeam group i corresponds to a service requirement of a servicetransmitted through the beam in the beam group i.

The network device determines a transmission resource available for acertain beam according to information related to the beam, so that thetransmission resource available for the beam may meet a servicerequirement (or a requirement on transmission resources) of a servicecarried on the beam, and the practicability and user experience of themulti-beam system may further be improved.

In combination with the first aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a third implementation mode of thefirst aspect, the information related to the beam in the beam group iincludes at least one of a total number of terminal devices withincoverage of the beam in the beam group i, a service type of the servicetransmitted through the beam in the beam group i, or a volume of theservice transmitted through the beam in the beam group i, i∈[1, M].

In combination with the first aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a fourth implementation mode of thefirst aspect, the operation that the network device determines thetransmission resource available for the beam group i according to theinformation related to the beam in the beam group i includes that:responsive to it is determined that the information related to the beamin the beam group i meets a preset condition, the network devicedetermines the transmission resource available for the beam group iaccording to the information related to the beam in the beam group i,i∈[1, M].

The network device, responsive to it is determined that the informationrelated to the beam meets the preset condition, allocates thetransmission resource available for the beam, so that the transmissionresource available for the beam may be timely regulated when the servicerequirement of the service carried on the beam changes, and thepracticability and user experience of the multi-beam system may furtherbe improved.

In combination with the first aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a fifth implementation mode of thefirst aspect, the operation that the network device determines thetransmission resources available for the M beam groups includes that:the network device periodically determines the transmission resourceavailable for the beam group i, i∈[1, M].

In combination with the first aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a sixth implementation mode of thefirst aspect, the operation that the network device sends theconfiguration information to the first terminal device may include that:the network device sends the configuration information to the firstterminal device through dedicated signaling for the first terminaldevice; or the network device sends the configuration information tomultiple terminal devices including the first terminal device through aPhysical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) or a system broadcast message.

In combination with the first aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a seventh implementation mode of thefirst aspect, the configuration information may specifically be used toindicate one-to-one mapping relationships between the M beam groups andM transmission resources.

In combination with the first aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in an eighth implementation mode of thefirst aspect, the operation that the network device sends theconfiguration information to the first terminal device may include thefollowing operations.

The network device sends first configuration information to the firstterminal device, here, the first configuration information is used toindicate configurations of Q transmission resources and one-to-onemapping relationships between the Q transmission resources and Q firstidentifiers (IDs), wherein Q≥M and the Q transmission resources includethe transmission resources available for the M beam groups; and thenetwork device sends second configuration information to the firstterminal device, here, the second configuration information includes thefirst ID corresponding to the transmission resource available for eachof the M beam groups.

The network device transmits configurations of multiple transmissionresources in advance, and when the transmission resource available for acertain beam is required to be changed, the network device may onlytransmit an ID corresponding to the changed transmission resource, sothat a signaling overhead and delay when the transmission resourceavailable for the beam is changed may be reduced.

In combination with the first aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a ninth implementation mode of thefirst aspect, the operation that the network device sends the firstconfiguration information to the first terminal device may include that:the network device sends the first configuration information to thefirst terminal device through Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling;and the operation that the network device sends the second configurationinformation to the first terminal device may include that: the networkdevice sends the second configuration information to the first terminaldevice through a Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) orDownlink Control Information (DCI).

In combination with the first aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a tenth implementation mode of thefirst aspect, the operation that the network device sends the firstconfiguration information to the first terminal device may include that:the network device sends the first configuration information to thefirst terminal device through a MAC CE; and the operation that thenetwork device sends the second configuration information to the firstterminal device may include that: the network device sends the secondconfiguration information to the first terminal device through DCI.

In combination with the first aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in an eleventh implementation mode of thefirst aspect, the operation that the network device sends theconfiguration information to the first terminal device may include thefollowing operations.

The network device sends third configuration information to the firstterminal device, here, the third configuration information is used toindicate a configuration of a transmission resource in each of Htransmission resource sets and one-to-one mapping relationships betweenH beam groups including the M beam groups and the H transmissionresource sets, wherein each of the H beam groups includes at least onebeam, each transmission resource set includes at least one transmissionresource, H≥M and the H transmission resource sets include thetransmission resources available for the M beam groups; and the networkdevice sends fourth configuration information to the first terminaldevice, here, the fourth configuration information includes anidentifier (ID) of each of the M beam groups, and the fourthconfiguration information is used to indicate an index of thetransmission resource available for the beam group i in the transmissionresource set corresponding to the beam group i, i∈[1, M].

The network device notifies mapping relationships between multipletransmission resource sets and multiple beam groups to the terminaldevice in advance, moreover, when a transmission resource available fora certain beam is required to be changed, the network device may onlytransmit an ID and index of the changed beam, and then the terminaldevice may determine the transmission resource set corresponding to thebeam and determine a transmission resource available for the beam fromthe determined transmission resource set, so that the signaling overheadand delay when the transmission resource available for the beam ischanged may be reduced, and personalized requirements of different beamson use of transmission resources may be met.

In combination with the first aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a twelfth implementation mode of thefirst aspect, the operation that the network device sends the thirdconfiguration information to the first terminal device may include that:the network device sends the third configuration information to thefirst terminal device through RRC signaling; and the operation that thenetwork device sends the fourth configuration information o the firstterminal device may include that: the network device sends the fourthconfiguration information to the first terminal device through a MAC CEor DCI.

In combination with the first aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a thirteenth implementation mode of thefirst aspect, the operation that the network device sends the thirdconfiguration information to the first terminal device may include that:the network device sends the third configuration information to thefirst terminal device through a MAC CE; and the operation that thenetwork device sends the fourth configuration information to the firstterminal device may include that: the network device sends the fourthconfiguration information to the first terminal device through DCI.

In combination with the first aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a fourteenth implementation mode of thefirst aspect, the transmission resource may include a time-domaintransmission resource.

In combination with the first aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a fifteenth implementation mode of thefirst aspect, a time-domain resource available for the communicationsystem where the network device is located may be divided into at leasttwo time units in a time domain, and the configuration information mayspecifically be used to indicate a position of a time unit in thetransmission resource available for each beam group in the at least twotime units.

In combination with the first aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a sixteenth implementation mode of thefirst aspect, the configuration information may be specifically an IDused to indicate whether each of the at least two time units is thetransmission resource available for the beam group i, i∈[1, M].

In combination with the first aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a seventeenth implementation mode ofthe first aspect, the transmission resource may include afrequency-domain transmission resource.

In combination with the first aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in an eighteenth implementation mode ofthe first aspect, a frequency-domain resource available for thecommunication system where the network device is located may be dividedinto at least two frequency-domain units, and the configurationinformation may specifically be used to indicate a position of afrequency-domain unit in the transmission resource available for eachbeam group in the at least two frequency-domain units.

In combination with the first aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a nineteenth implementation mode of thefirst aspect, the configuration information may be specifically an IDused to indicate whether each of the at least two frequency-domain unitsis the transmission resource available for the beam group i, i∈[1, M].

In combination with the first aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a twentieth implementation mode of thefirst aspect, the transmission resource available for each beam groupmay include no transmission resource reserved by the communicationsystem, and the transmission resource reserved by the communicationsystem may only be used to transmit a specified service or a specifiedchannel.

In combination with the first aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a twenty-first implementation mode ofthe first aspect, the transmission resource reserved by thecommunication system includes a resource used to carry a synchronizationchannel or the PBCH.

In combination with the first aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a twenty-second implementation mode ofthe first aspect, the transmission resources available for a first beamand second beam in the M beam groups may be partially overlapped orcompletely overlapped.

In combination with the first aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a twenty-third implementation mode ofthe first aspect, the transmission resource available for a first beamgroup of the M beam groups may include at least one of: a firsttransmission resource for a control channel carrying the first beamgroup or a second transmission resource for a data channel carrying thefirst beam group.

In combination with the first aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a twenty-fourth implementation mode ofthe first aspect, the operation that the network device determines thetransmission resources available for the M beam groups may include that:the network device determines a transmission resource available for eachof the M beam groups during a first time period, and the network devicedetermines a transmission resource available for each of the M beamgroups during a second time period; and the operation that the networkdevice sends the configuration information to the first terminal devicemay include that: the network device sends fifth configurationinformation to the first terminal device before the first time period,here, the fifth configuration information is used to indicate thetransmission resource available for each of the M beam groups during thefirst time period; and the network device sends sixth configurationinformation to the first terminal device before the second time period,here, the sixth configuration information is used to indicate thetransmission resource available for each of the M beam groups during thesecond time period and the second time period is different from thefirst time period.

In a second aspect, there is provided a method for wirelesscommunication, which may be performed in a communication system using atleast two beams and may include the following operations.

A first terminal device receives configuration information sent by anetwork device, here, the configuration information is used to indicatea transmission resource available for each of M beam groups, each beamgroup includes at least one beam of the at least two beams and M≥1; andthe first terminal device determines the transmission resource availablefor each of the M beam groups according to the configurationinformation.

In combination with the second aspect, in a first implementation mode ofthe second aspect, transmission resources available for any two beamgroups are different.

In combination with the second aspect and the abovementionedimplementation mode thereof, in a second implementation mode of thesecond aspect, the transmission resource available for a beam group i isdetermined according to information related to the beam in the beamgroup i, here, i∈[1, M] and the information related to the beam in thebeam group i corresponds to a service requirement of a servicetransmitted through the beam in the beam group i.

The network device determines a transmission resource available for acertain beam according to information related to the beam, so that thetransmission resource available for the beam may meet a servicerequirement (or a requirement on transmission resources of a servicecarried on the beam, and the practicability and user experience of themulti-beam system may further be improved.

In combination with the second aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a third implementation mode of thesecond aspect, the information related to the beam in the beam group iincludes at least one of: a total number of terminal devices withincoverage of the beam in the beam group i, a service type of the servicetransmitted through the beam in the beam group i, or a volume of theservice transmitted through the beam in the beam group i, i∈[1, M].

In combination with the second aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a fourth implementation mode of thesecond aspect, the transmission resource available for the beam group iis determined, after the information related to the beam in the beamgroup i meets a preset condition, according to the information relatedto the beam in the beam group i, i∈[1, M].

The network device, responsive to it is determined that the informationrelated to the beam meets the preset condition, allocates thetransmission resource available for the beam, so that the transmissionresource available for the beam may be timely regulated when the servicerequirement of the service carried on the beam changes, and thepracticability and user experience of the multi-beam system may furtherbe improved.

In combination with the second aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a fifth implementation mode of thesecond aspect, the transmission resource available for the beam group iis periodically determined, i∈[1, M].

In combination with the second aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a sixth implementation mode of thesecond aspect, the operation that the first terminal device receives theconfiguration information sent by the network device may include that:the first terminal device receives the configuration information sent bythe network device through dedicated signaling for the first terminaldevice; or the first terminal device receives the configurationinformation sent to multiple terminal devices including the firstterminal device by the network device through a PBCH or a systembroadcast message.

In combination with the second aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a seventh implementation mode of thesecond aspect, the configuration information may specifically be used toindicate one-to-one mapping relationships between the M beam groups andM transmission resources.

In combination with the second aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in an eighth implementation mode of thesecond aspect, the operation that the first terminal device receives theconfiguration information sent by the network device may include thefollowing operations.

The first terminal device receives first configuration information sentby the network device, here, the first configuration information is usedto indicate configurations of Q transmission resources and one-to-onemapping relationships between the Q transmission resources and Q firstidentifiers (IDs), wherein Q≥M and the Q transmission resources includetransmission resources available for the M beam groups; and the firstterminal device receives second configuration information sent by thenetwork device, here, the second configuration information includes thefirst ID corresponding to the transmission resource available for eachof the M beam groups.

The network device transmits configurations of multiple transmissionresources in advance, and when the transmission resource available for acertain beam is required to be changed, the network device may onlytransmit an ID corresponding to the changed transmission resource, sothat a signaling overhead and delay when the transmission resourceavailable for the beam is changed may be reduced.

In combination with the second aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a ninth implementation mode of thesecond aspect, the operation that the first terminal device receives thefirst configuration information sent by the network device may includethat: the first terminal device receives the first configurationinformation sent by the network device through RRC signaling; and theoperation that the first terminal device receives the secondconfiguration information sent by the network device may include that:the first terminal device receives the second configuration informationsent by the network device through a MAC CE or DCI.

In combination with the second aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a tenth implementation mode of thesecond aspect, the operation that the first terminal device receives thefirst configuration information sent by the network device may includethat: the first terminal device receives the first configurationinformation sent by the network device through a MAC CE; and theoperation that the first terminal device receives the secondconfiguration information sent by the network device may include that:the first terminal device receives the second configuration informationsent by the network device through DCI.

In combination with the second aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in an eleventh implementation mode of thesecond aspect, the operation that the first terminal device receives theconfiguration information sent by the network device may include thefollowing operations.

The first terminal device receives third configuration information sentby the network device, here, the third configuration information is usedto indicate a configuration of a transmission resource in each of Htransmission resource sets and one-to-one mapping relationships betweenH beam groups including the M beam groups and the H transmissionresource sets, wherein each of the H beam groups includes at least onebeam, each transmission resource set includes at least one transmissionresource, H≥M and the H transmission resource sets include thetransmission resources available for the M beam groups; and the firstterminal device receives fourth configuration information sent by thenetwork device, here, the fourth configuration information includes anidentifier of each of the M beam groups, the fourth configurationinformation is used to indicate an index of the transmission resourceavailable for the beam group i in the transmission resource setcorresponding to the beam group i and i∈[1, M].

The network device notifies mapping relationships between multipletransmission resource sets and multiple beam groups to the terminaldevice in advance, moreover, when a transmission resource available fora certain beam is required to be changed, the network device may onlytransmit an ID and index of the changed beam, and then the terminaldevice may determine the transmission resource set corresponding to thebeam and determine a transmission resource available for the beam fromthe determined transmission resource set, so that the signaling overheadand delay when the transmission resource available for the beam ischanged may be reduced, and personalized requirements of different beamson use of transmission resources may be met.

In combination with the second aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a twelfth implementation mode of thesecond aspect, the operation that the first terminal device receives thethird configuration information sent by the network device may includethat: the first terminal device receives the third configurationinformation sent by the network device through RRC signaling; and theoperation that the first terminal device receives the fourthconfiguration information sent by the network device may include that:the first terminal device receives the fourth configuration informationsent by the network device through a MAC CE or DCI.

In combination with the second aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a thirteenth implementation mode of thesecond aspect, the operation that the first terminal device receives thethird configuration information sent by the network device may includethat: the first terminal device receives the third configurationinformation sent by the network device through a MAC CE; and theoperation that the first terminal device receives the fourthconfiguration information sent by the network device may include that:the first terminal device receives the fourth configuration informationsent by the network device through DCI.

In combination with the second aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a fourteenth implementation mode of thesecond aspect, the transmission resource may include a time-domaintransmission resource.

In combination with the second aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a fifteenth implementation anode of thesecond aspect, a time-domain resource available for the communicationsystem where the network device is located may be divided into at leasttwo time units in a time domain, and the configuration information mayspecifically be used to indicate a position of a time unit in thetransmission resource available for each beam group in the at least twotime units.

In combination with the second aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a sixteenth implementation mode of thesecond aspect, the configuration information may be specifically an IDused to indicate whether each of the at least two time units is thetransmission resource available for the beam group i, i ∈ [1, M].

In combination with the second aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a seventeenth implementation mode ofthe second aspect, the transmission resource may include afrequency-domain transmission resource.

In combination with the second aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in an eighteenth implementation mode ofthe second aspect, a frequency-domain resource available for thecommunication system where the network device is located may be dividedinto at least two frequency-domain units, and the configurationinformation may specifically be used to indicate a position of afrequency-domain unit in the transmission resource available for eachbeam group in the at least two frequency-domain units.

In combination with the second aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a nineteenth implementation mode of thesecond aspect, the configuration information may be specifically an IDused to indicate whether each of the at least two frequency-domain unitsis the transmission resource available for the beam group i, i∈[1, M].

In combination with the second aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a twentieth implementation mode of thesecond aspect, the transmission resource available for each beam groupmay include no transmission resource reserved by the communicationsystem, and the transmission resource reserved by the communicationsystem may only be used to transmit a specified service or a specifiedchannel.

In combination with the second aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a twenty-first implementation mode ofthe second aspect, the transmission resource reserved by thecommunication system includes a resource used to carry a synchronizationchannel or the PBCH.

In combination with the second aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a twenty-second implementation mode ofthe second aspect, the transmission resources available for a first beamand second beam in the M beam groups may be partially overlapped orcompletely overlapped.

In combination with the second aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a twenty-third implementation mode ofthe second aspect, the transmission resource available for a first beamgroup of the M beam groups may include at least one of: a firsttransmission resource for a control channel carrying the first beamgroup or a second transmission resource for a data channel carrying thefirst beam group.

In combination with the second aspect and the abovementionedimplementation modes thereof, in a twenty-fourth implementation mode ofthe second aspect, the operation that the first terminal device receivesthe configuration information sent by the network device may includethat: the terminal device receives fifth configuration information sentby the network device before a first time period, here, the fifthconfiguration information is used to indicate a transmission resourceavailable for each of the M beam groups during the first time period;and the terminal device receives sixth configuration information sent bythe network device before a second time period, here, the sixthconfiguration information is used to indicate a transmission resourceavailable for each of the M beam groups during the second time periodand the second time period is different from the first time period.

In a third aspect, there is provided a device for wirelesscommunication, which includes units configured to execute each step ofthe method for wireless communication in the first aspect and eachimplementation mode of the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, there is provided a device for wirelesscommunication, which includes units configured to execute each step ofthe method for wireless communication in the second aspect and eachimplementation mode of the second aspect.

In a fifth aspect, there is provided a device for wirelesscommunication, which includes a memory and a processor. The memory isconfigured to store a computer program and the processor is configuredto call, from the memory, and run the computer program to enable anetwork device to execute any method for wireless communication in thefirst aspect and each implementation mode thereof.

In a sixth aspect, there is provided a device for wirelesscommunication, which includes a memory and a processor. The memory isconfigured to store a computer program and the processor is configuredto call, from the memory, and run the computer program to enable aterminal device to execute any method for wireless communication in thesecond aspect and each implementation mode thereof.

In a seventh aspect, there is provided a computer program product, whichincludes a computer program code, the computer program code being run bya processing unit and sending unit or processor and sender of a networkdevice to enable the network device to execute any method for wirelesscommunication in the first aspect and each implementation mode thereof.

In an eighth aspect, there is provided a computer program product, whichincludes a computer program code, the computer program code is run by areceiving unit and processing unit or receiver and processor of aterminal to enable the terminal device to execute any method forwireless communication in the second aspect and each implementation modethereof.

In a ninth aspect, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium,which stores a program, the program enables a network device to executeany method for wireless communication in the first aspect and eachimplementation mode thereof.

In a tenth aspect, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium,which stores a program, the program enables a terminal device to executeany method for wireless communication in the second aspect and eachimplementation mode thereof.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

In order to describe the technical solutions of the embodiments of thedisclosure more clearly, the drawings required to be used in theembodiments of the disclosure will be simply introduced below. It isapparent that the drawings described below are only some embodiments ofthe disclosure. Other drawings may further be obtained by those ofordinary skill in the art according to these drawings without creativework.

FIG. 1 is a schematic architecture diagram of an example of acommunication system to which a method and device for wirelesscommunication according to the embodiments of the disclosure areapplied.

FIG. 2 is a schematic architecture diagram of another example of acommunication system to which a method and device for wirelesscommunication according to the embodiments of the disclosure areapplied.

FIG. 3 is a schematic interaction diagram of a method for wirelesscommunication according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram of an example of a device forwireless communication according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of another example of a device forwireless communication according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of an example of a device forwireless communication according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram of another example of a device forwireless communication according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the disclosure will beclearly and completely described below in combination with the drawingsin the embodiments of the disclosure.

Terms “component”, “module”, “system” and the like used in thespecification are adopted to represent a computer-related entity,hardware, firmware, a combination of hardware and software, software orsoftware in execution. For example, a component may be, but not limitedto, a process running on a processor, the processor, an object, anexecutable tile, an execution thread, a program and/or a computer. Thedrawings illustrate that an application running on computing equipmentand the computing equipment may both be components. One or morecomponents may reside in a process or an execution thread, and thecomponents may be located on a computer and/or distributed between twoor more computers. In addition, these components may be executed fromvarious computer-readable media with various data structures storedthereon. The “components” may communicate through local or remoteprocesses according to, for example, signals having one or more datapackets (for example, data from one component interacting with anothercomponent in a local system, distributed system, and/or across a networksuch as the Internet with other systems by way of the signal).

It is to be understood that the technical solutions of the embodimentsof the disclosure may be applied to various communication systems, forexample, a Global System of Mobile Communication (GSM), a Code DivisionMultiple Access (CDMA) system, a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access(WCDMA) system, a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), a Long TermEvolution (LTE) system, an Advanced LTE (LTE-A) system, a UniversalMobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) and a next-generationcommunication system.

Generally speaking, connections supported by a conventionalcommunication system are usually limited in number and also easy toimplement. However, with evolution of communication technologies, amobile communication system will not only support conventionalcommunication but also support, for example, Device to Device (D2D)communication, Machine to Machine (M2M) communication, Machine TypeCommunication (MTC) and Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) communication.

Each embodiment of the disclosure is described in combination with aterminal device. The terminal device may also be called User Equipment(UE), an access terminal, a user unit, a user Station (ST), a mobileradio ST, a mobile ST, a remote ST, a remote terminal, a mobile device,a user terminal, a terminal, a wireless communication device, a useragent or a user device. The terminal device may be an ST in a WirelessLocal Area Network (WLAN), and may be a cell phone, a cordless phone, aSession initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL)station, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a handheld device with awireless communication function, a computing device, another processingdevice connected to a wireless modem, a vehicle-mounted device, awearable device, a terminal device in the next-generation communicationsystem, for example, a future 5th-Generation (5G) network, a terminaldevice in a future evolved Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) or thelike.

Exemplarily but unlimitedly, in the embodiments of the disclosure, theterminal device may also be a wearable device. The wearable device mayalso be called a wearable intelligent device and is a generic term ofwearable devices developed by applying wearable technology to performintelligentization designing on daily wearing products, for example,glasses, gloves, watches, clothes and shoes. The wearable device is aportable device directly worn or integrated to clothes or accessory of auser. The wearable device not only is a hardware device but alsorealizes powerful functions through software support, data interactionand cloud interaction. Generalized wearable intelligent device includes,for example, intelligent watches or intelligent glasses with completefunctions and large sizes and capable of realizing all or part offunctions independently of intelligent phones, and for example, varioustypes of intelligent bracelet and intelligent jewelries of which each isdedicated to application functions of a certain type and required to bematched with other devices such as intelligent phones for use.

In addition, each embodiment of the disclosure is described incombination with a network device. The network device may be a device,for example, a network device, configured to communicate with a mobiledevice, and the network device may be an Access Point (AP) in the WLAN,a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) in the GSM or CDMA, may also be a NodeB(NB) in WCDMA, and may further be an Evolutional Node B (eNB or eNodeB)in LTE, or a relay station or AP, or a vehicle-mounted device, awearable device, a network device in the future 5G network, a networkdevice in the future evolved PLMN or the like.

Moreover, in the embodiments of the disclosure, the terminal device mayperform wireless communication in a cell. The cell may be a cellcorresponding to the network device (for example, a base station), andthe cell may belong to a macro eNB and may also be a base stationcorresponding to a small cell. Herein, the small cell may include: ametro cell, a micro cell, a pico cell, a femto cell and the like. Thesesmall cells have the characteristics of small coverage and lowtransmitted power and are applied to provision of high-rate datatransmission service.

Furthermore, multiple cells may simultaneously work on the samefrequency on a carrier in an LTE system, and in some special scenarios,concepts of carrier and cell in the LTE system may also be considered tobe equivalent. For example, in a Carrier Aggregation (CA) scenario, whena secondary carrier is configured for UE, a carrier index of thesecondary carrier and a cell identify (ID) of a secondary cell workingon the secondary carrier may both be carried, and under this condition,the concepts of carrier and cell may be considered to be equivalent. Forexample, for the UE, access to a carrier and access to a cell areequivalent.

A method and device provided in the embodiments of the disclosure may beapplied to a terminal device or a network device. The terminal device orthe network device includes a hardware layer, an operating system layerrunning on the hardware layer and an application layer running on theoperating system layer. The hardware layer includes hardware such as aCentral Processing Unit (CPU), a Memory Management Unit (MMU) and amemory (also called a main memory). The operating system may be any oneor more computer operating systems implementing service processingthrough processes, for example, a Linux operating system, a Unixoperating system, an Android operating system, an iOS operating systemor a windows operating system. The application layer includes anapplication such as a browser, a contact list, word processing softwareand instant messaging software. Moreover, a specific structure of anperforming entity of the method for wireless communication in theembodiments of the disclosure is not specially limited in theembodiments of the disclosure as long as a program recording a code forthe method for wireless communication of the embodiments of thedisclosure may be run to implement communication according to the methodfor wireless communication of the embodiments of the disclosure. Forexample, the performing entity of the method for wireless communicationof the embodiments of the disclosure may be the terminal device or thenetwork device, or, a function module capable of calling the program andexecuting the program in the terminal device or the network device.

In addition, each aspect or characteristic of the embodiments of thedisclosure may be implemented into a method, a device or a product witha standard programing and/or using an engineering technology. Term“product” used in the application covers a computer program which may beaccessed from any computer-readable device, carrier or medium. Forexample, the computer-readable medium may include, but not limited to: amagnetic storage device (for example, a hard disk, a floppy disk or amagnetic tape), an optical disk (for example, a Compact Disk (CD) and aDigital Versatile Disk (DVD)), a smart card and a flash memory (forexample, an Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM), a card, astick or a key driver). In addition, various storage media described inthe disclosure may represent one or more devices and/or othermachine-readable media configured to store information. Term“machine-readable medium” may include, but not limited to, a wirelesschannel and various other media capable of storing, including and/orcarrying instructions and/or data.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system towhich the embodiments of the disclosure are applied. As illustrated inFIG. 1, the communication system 100 includes a network device 102, andthe network device 102 may include one antenna or multiple antennae, forexample, antennae 104, 106, 108, 110, 112 and 114. In addition, thenetwork device 102 may additionally include a sender chain and areceiver chain. Those of ordinary skill in the art may understand thateach of the sender chain and the receiver chain may include multiplecomponents (for example, a processor, a modulator, a multiplexer, ademodulator, a demultiplexer or an antenna) related to signal sendingand receiving.

The network device 102 may communicate with multiple terminal devices(for example, a terminal device 116 and a terminal device 122). However,it can be understood that the network device 102 may communicate withany number of terminal devices like the terminal device 116 or 122. Theterminal devices 116 and 122 may be, for example, cell phones,intelligent phones, portable computers, handheld communication devices,handheld computing devices, satellite radio devices, global positioningsystems, PDAs and/or any other suitable device configured forcommunication in the wireless communication system 100.

As illustrated in FIG. 1, the terminal device 116 communicates with theantennae 112 and 114, and the antennae 112 and 114 send information tothe terminal device 116 through a forward link 118 (also called adownlink) and receive information from the terminal device 116 through areverse link 120 (also called an uplink). In addition, the terminaldevice 122 communicates with the antennae 104 and 106, and the antennae104 and 106 send information to the terminal device 122 through aforward link 124 and receive information from the terminal device 122through a reverse link 126.

For example, in a Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) system, for example,the forward link 118 and the reverse link 120 may use differentfrequency bands, and the forward link 124 and the reverse link 126 mayuse different frequency bands.

For another example, in a Time Division Duplex (TDD) system and a fullduplex system, the forward link 118 and the reverse link 120 may use thesame frequency band, and the forward link 124 and the reverse link 126may use the same frequency band.

Each antenna (or an antenna group formed by multiple antennae) and/orregion designed for communication are/is called sectors/a sector of thenetwork device 102. For example, the antenna group may be designed tocommunicate with terminal devices in a sector of a coverage area of thenetwork device 102. The network device may send signals to all theterminal devices in the corresponding sector through a single antenna.In a process that the network device 102 communicates with the terminaldevices 116 and 122 through the forward links 118 and 124 respectively,a sending antenna of the network device 102 may also use beamforming toimprove signal-to-noise ratios of the forward links 118 and 124. Inaddition, compared with a manner that the network device sends signalsto all the terminal devices in the corresponding sector through thesingle antenna, when the network device 102 sends signals to theterminal devices 116 and 122 randomly scattered in the related coveragearea by use of beamforming, a mobile device in a neighbor cell may beinterfered less.

In a given time, the network device 102, the terminal device 116 or theterminal device 122 may be a wireless communication sending deviceand/or a wireless communication receiving device. When data is sent, thewireless communication sending device may code the data fortransmission. Specifically, the wireless communication sending devicemay acquire (for example, generation, receiving from anothercommunication device or storing in a memory) a certain number of databits to be sent to the wireless communication receiving device through achannel. The data bits may be included in a transmission block (ormultiple transmission blocks) of the data, and the transmission blockmay be segmented to generate multiple code blocks.

In addition, the communication system 100 may be a PLMN network, a D2Dnetwork, an M2M network or another network. FIG. 1 is only a simplifiedschematic diagram listed as an example, and the network may furtherinclude another network device which is not presented in FIG. 1.

In the embodiments of the disclosure, the network device may formmultiple beams through one or more antennae, for example, by regulatingdirection angles (angles in a horizontal direction) and downtilt angles(angles in a vertical direction) of the antennae, here, each of themultiple beams has coverage. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 2, itis assumed that coverage of a beam (recorded hereinafter as beam #α forconvenient understanding and distinguishing) of multiple beams used bythe network device is a range #α and, moreover, it is assumed thatcoverage of another beam (recorded hereinafter as beam #β for convenientunderstanding and distinguishing) of the multiple beams used by thenetwork device is a range #β. Then, in the embodiments of thedisclosure, for example, the range #α and the range #β may be different,or, coverage of the range #α is not overlapped with coverage of therange #β.

For another example, the range #α and the range #β may be partiallyidentical, or, the range #α is partially overlapped with the range #β.

For another example, the range #α and the range #β may be completelyidentical, or, the range #α is completely overlapped with the range #β.

Moreover, in the embodiments of the disclosure, the size of the range #αmay be larger than the size of the range #β; or, the size of the range#α may also be smaller than the size of the range #β; or, the size ofthe range #α may also equal to the size of the range #β. There are nospecial limits made in the disclosure.

In the embodiments of the disclosure, the terminal device may use onebeam for communication and may also use multiple beams forcommunication. There are no special limits made in the disclosure. Inthe embodiments of the disclosure, a beam group may include each beamused by the same terminal device (for example, during the same timeperiod).

Moreover, in the embodiments of the disclosure, transmission resourcesavailable for one or more beams of the multiple beams used by thenetwork device may be the same, or the transmission resources availablefor any two beams of the multiple beams used by the network device maybe different. There are no special limits made in the disclosure. Underthis condition, in the embodiments of the disclosure, a beam group mayinclude each beam for which the same transmission resource is available(for example, during the same time period).

In the embodiments of the disclosure, the terminal device, before usinga certain beam group (specifically, one or more beams in the beam group)for service transmission, is required to learn a transmission resourceavailable for the beam group.

In the embodiments of the disclosure, “the transmission resourceavailable for the beam group” may refer to that the transmissionresource is allocated for the beam group and the beam group may selectto use all resources of the transmission resource and may also select touse part resources of the transmission resource.

Moreover, in the embodiments of the disclosure, each terminal device maylearn, through a similar process, a transmission resource available fora beam group where a used beam is located. For convenient understandingand description, descriptions will be made below with a process throughwhich a terminal device #A (i.e., an example of a first terminal device)learns transmission resources available for a beam group #1˜beam group#M where a used beam #1˜a used beam #N are located as an example.

Herein, N≥1 and M≥1. In the embodiments of the disclosure, multiplebeams (two or more than two) of the beam #1˜the beam #N may belong tothe same beam group (namely N<M), or, any two beams of the beam #1˜thebeam #N belong to different beam groups (namely N=M).

FIG. 3 illustrates an interaction process through which the networkdevice and the terminal device #A determine M beam groups (the beamgroup #1˜the beam group #M).

As illustrated in FIG. 3, in S210, the network device may determine atransmission resource available for each of the M beam groups.

Herein, a similar method and process is adopted to determine thetransmission resource for each beam group. For convenient understandingand description, descriptions will be made below with a method andprocess for determining the transmission resource for the beam group #1as an example.

At first, an opportunity for determination and transmission of thetransmission resource for the beam group #1 by the network device willbe described.

For example, in the embodiments of the disclosure, the network devicemay periodically determine and transmit the transmission resource forthe beam group #1. That is, in the embodiments of the disclosure, atime-domain resource used by the communication system may be dividedinto multiple periods. The network device may determine and transmit thetransmission resource for the beam group #1 at a certain moment in eachperiod (for example, a starting moment of the period).

For another example, in the embodiments of the disclosure, the networkdevice may be triggered to determine and transmit the transmissionresource for the beam group #1. That is, in the embodiments of thedisclosure, the network device may determine and transmit thetransmission resource for the beam group #1 responsive to it isdetermined that a condition related to the beam group #1 is met.

Exemplarily but unlimitedly, in the embodiments of the disclosure, thecondition related to the beam group #1 may be determined according to arequirement related to a service carried on one or more beams in thebeam group #1.

Therefore, after the requirement related to the service carried on theone or more beams in the beam group #1 changes (for example, a change inthe requirement related to the service carried on the one or more beamsin the beam group #1 is greater or equal to a specified change range),the network device may determine that the transmission resource for thebeam group #1 is required to be re-determined and retransmitted.

Moreover, exemplarily but unlimitedly, in the embodiments of thedisclosure, the requirement related to the service carried on the one ormore beams in the beam group #1 may be determined on the basis ofinformation related to the one or more beams in the beam group #1.

Herein, the information related to the one or more beams in the beamgroup #1 may include one or more of the following parameters.

A parameter #1: the number of terminal devices within coverage of theone or more beams in the beam group #1.

For example, if the number of the terminal devices within the coverageof the one or more beams in the beam group #1 increases, the networkdevice may determine that the transmission resource for the beam group#1 is required to be redetermined and retransmitted.

Specifically, if the number of the terminal devices within the coverageof the one or more beams in the beam group #1 increases to exceed aspecified number threshold #A, the network device may determine that thetransmission resource for the beam group #1 is required to bere-determined and retransmitted.

Or, if a value Δ#A by which the number of the terminal devices withinthe coverage of the one or more beams in the beam group #1 increases isgreater or equal to a specified number threshold #B, the network devicemay determine that the transmission resource for the beam group #1 isrequired to be re-determined and retransmitted.

For another example, if the number of the terminal devices within thecoverage of the one or more beams in the beam group #1 decreases, thenetwork device may determine that the transmission resource for the beamgroup #1 is required to be re-determined and retransmitted.

Specifically, if the number of the terminal devices within the coverageof the one or more beams in the beam group #1 decreases to be less thana specified number threshold #C, the network device may determine thatthe transmission resource for the beam group #1 is required to bere-determined and retransmitted.

Or, if a value Δ #B by which the number of the terminal devices withinthe coverage of the one or more beams in the beam group #1 decreases isgreater or equal to a specified number threshold #D, the network devicemay determine that the transmission resource for the beam group #1 isrequired to be re-determined and retransmitted.

A parameter #2: a volume of a service transmitted through the beam inthe beam group #1.

For example, if the volume of the service transmitted through the beamin the beam group #1 increases, the network device may determine thatthe transmission resource for the beam group #1 is required to bere-determined and retransmitted.

Specifically, if the volume of the service transmitted through the beamin the beam group #1 increases to exceed a specified number threshold#E, the network device may determine that the transmission resource forthe beam group #1 is required to be re-determined and retransmitted.

Or, if a value Δ #C by which the volume of the service transmittedthrough the beam in the beam group #1 increases is greater or equal to aspecified number threshold #F, the network device may determine that thetransmission resource for the beam group #1 is required to bere-determined and retransmitted.

For another example, if the volume of the service transmitted throughthe beam in the beam group #1 decreases, the network device maydetermine that the transmission resource for the beam group #1 isrequired to be re-determined and retransmitted.

Specifically, if the volume of the service transmitted through the beamin the beam group #1 decreases to be less than a specified numberthreshold #G, the network device may determine that the transmissionresource for the beam group #1 is required to be re-determined andretransmitted.

Or, if a value Δ #D by which the volume of the service transmittedthrough the beam in the beam group #1 decreases is greater or equal to aspecified number threshold #H, the network device may determine that thetransmission resource for the beam group #1 is required to bere-determined and retransmitted.

A parameter #3: a service type of the service transmitted through thebeam in the beam group #1.

For example, if the service type of the service transmitted through theone or more beams in the beam group #1 changes, the network device maydetermine that the transmission resource for the beam group #1 isrequired to be re-determined and retransmitted.

It is to be understood that the parameters, listed above, configured forthe network device to determine whether the transmission resourceavailable for a certain beam group is required to be re-determined areonly exemplarily described and not intended to limit the disclosure andother parameters capable of enabling the network device to determinewhether the transmission resource available for the beam group isrequired to be re-determined all fall within the scope of protection ofthe disclosure.

A method by which the network device determines the transmissionresource for the beam group #1 will be described below in detail.

Exemplarily but unlimitedly, in the embodiments of the disclosure, thenetwork device may determine, according to the information related tothe one or more beams in the beam group #1, the transmission resourcefor the beam group #1, for example, a size of the transmission resource,or a position of the transmission resource in a communication resourceprovided by the system.

For example, the network device may determine whether to increase ordecrease the transmission resource for the beam group #1 according tothe information related to the one or more beams in the beam group #1.

Exemplarily but unlimitedly, in the embodiments of the disclosure, theabove parameter #1˜parameter #3 may be listed as the information relatedto the one or more beams in the beam group #1.

Specifically, when the information related to the one or more beams inthe beam group #1 is the number #α of the terminal devices within thecoverage of the one or more beams in the beam group #1 (i.e., theparameter #1), the network device may estimate, according to the number#α, a size of a transmission resource (for example, time-domain resourceor frequency-domain resource) meeting service access requirements of allthe terminal devices within the coverage of the one or more beams in thebeam group #1 and determine the size of the transmission resource forthe beam group #1 according to the estimated size of the transmissionresource. For example, the network device may make the size of thetransmission resource for the beam group #1 approximate to the estimatedsize of the transmission resource. Specifically, the network device maymake a difference between the size of the transmission resource for thebeam group #1 and the estimated size of the transmission resource lessthan or equal to a preset difference threshold.

When the information related to the one or more beams in the beam group#1 is the volume #β of the service transmitted through the one or morebeams in the beam group #1 (i.e., the parameter #2), the network devicemay estimate, according to the volume #β, a size of a transmissionresource (for example, time-domain resource or frequency-domainresource) meeting a requirement of the volume #β of the servicetransmitted through the one or more beams in the beam group #1 anddetermine the size of the transmission resource for the beam group #1according to the estimated size of the transmission resource. Forexample, the network device may make the size of the transmissionresource for the beam group #1 approximate to the estimated size of thetransmission resource. Specifically, the network device may make adifference between the size of the transmission resource for the beamgroup #1 and the estimated size of the transmission resource less thanor equal to the preset difference threshold.

When the information related to the one or more beams in the beam group#1 is the service type #γ of the service transmitted through the one ormore beams in the beam group #1 (i.e., the parameter #3), the networkdevice may estimate, according to the service type #γ, a size of atransmission resource (for example, time-domain resource orfrequency-domain resource) meeting a requirement of the service type #γof the service transmitted through the one or more beams in the beamgroup #1 and determine the size of the transmission resource for thebeam group #1 according to the estimated size of the transmissionresource. For example, the network device may make the size of thetransmission resource for the beam group #1 approximate to the estimatedsize of the transmission resource. Specifically, the network device maymake a difference between the size of the transmission resource for thebeam group #1 and the estimated size of the transmission resource lessthan or equal to the preset difference threshold.

It is to be understood that the parameters, listed above, configured forthe network device to determine the transmission resource available fora certain beam group are only exemplarily described and not intended tolimit the disclosure and other parameters capable of enabling thenetwork device to determine the transmission resource available for thebeam group all fall within the scope of protection of the disclosure.

Moreover, using manners, listed above, for the parameters configured forthe network device to determine the transmission resource available fora certain beam group are only exemplarily described and not intended tolimit the disclosure and other manners capable of enabling the networkdevice to determine the transmission resource available for the beamgroup on the basis of the parameters all fall within the scope ofprotection of the disclosure. For example, the network device may alsodetermine a requirement of the service carried on the beam group #1 onchannel quality on the basis of the one or more parameters, anddetermine the transmission resource for the beam group #1 (for example,a position of a frequency-domain resource in the transmission resourceor a position of a time-domain resource in the transmission resource)according to the requirement on the channel quality.

As described above, in S210, the network device may determine thetransmission resource for the beam group #1 used by the terminal device#A. The transmission resource is recorded hereinafter as a transmissionresource #A for convenient understanding and description.

In S220, the network device sends to the terminal device #Aconfiguration information that is used to indicate the transmissionresource #A, which is determined by the network device above, for thebeam group #1.

Exemplarily but unlimitedly, in the embodiments of the disclosure, theconfiguration information may be used to indicate a configuration of thetransmission resource #A.

For example, in the embodiments of the disclosure, the transmissionresource #A may include a frequency-domain resource #A-1.

Under this condition, the configuration information may be used toindicate at least one of: a size of the frequency-domain resource #A-1,or a position of the frequency-domain resource #A-1 in afrequency-domain resource provided by the communication system.

Exemplarily but unlimitedly, in the embodiments of the disclosure, thefrequency-domain resource provided by the communication system may bedivided into multiple frequency-domain units in a frequency domain and,moreover, for example, a subcarrier may be listed as thefrequency-domain unit. Therefore, the configuration information may bean identifier used to indicate whether each frequency-domain unit (forexample, subcarrier) belongs to the frequency-domain resource #A-1, forexample, bit mapping (Bit Map) in the frequency domain.

For another example, in the embodiments of the disclosure, thetransmission resource #A may include a time-domain resource #A-2.

Under this condition, the configuration information may be used toindicate at least one of: a size of the time-domain resource #A-2, or aposition of the time-domain resource #A-2 in a time-domain resourceprovided by the communication system.

Exemplarily but unlimitedly, in the embodiments of the disclosure, thetime-domain resource provided by the communication system may be dividedinto multiple time units in a time domain and, moreover, for example, asymbol, a slot, a Transmission Time Interval (TTI) or a subframe may belisted as the time unit. Therefore, the configuration information may bean identifier used to indicate whether each time unit belongs to thetime-domain resource #A-2, for example, bit mapping in the time domain.

In the embodiments of the disclosure, the M beam groups may furtherinclude another beam group, in addition to the beam group #1. Under thiscondition, the configuration information may further be used to indicatea mapping relationship (recorded hereinafter as mapping relationship #0for convenient understanding and distinguishing) between the beam group#1 and the transmission resource #A. Therefore, the terminal device maydetermine that the transmission resource #A is the transmission resourceavailable for the beam group #1 on the basis of the mapping relationship#0.

In the embodiments of the disclosure, the network device may send theconfiguration information to multiple terminal devices including theterminal device #A through a PBCH or system information in a broadcastmanner.

Or, in the embodiments of the disclosure, the network device may alsosend the configuration information to the terminal device #A throughdedicated signaling, for example, RRC, for the terminal device #A.

In the embodiments of the disclosure, the configuration information maybe transmitted in one time. That is, the configuration information maybe used to indicate the configuration of the transmission resource #Aand the mapping relationship (i.e., the mapping relationship #0) betweenthe beam group #1 and the transmission resource #A.

Or, in the embodiments of the disclosure, the configuration informationmay also be transmitted in many times (at least twice) in different timeperiods. This condition will be described below in detail.

A First Manner

In the embodiments of the disclosure, for example, before the terminaldevice communicates on the basis of a beam and for example, responsiveto access of the terminal device to the network device, the networkdevice may send configuration information #A (i.e., an example of firstconfiguration information) to the terminal device. The configurationinformation #A may be used to indicate configurations of multipletransmission resources including the transmission resource #A.

Therefore, the terminal device may team, according to the configurationinformation #A, the configurations of the multiple (for example, Q, Q≥M)transmission resources including the transmission resource #A, forexample, at least one of a size or position of each transmissionresource in the time domain, at least one of a size or position of eachtransmission resource in the frequency domain, or at least one of a sizeor position of each transmission resource in the time domain and thefrequency domain.

In the embodiments of the disclosure, there may be one or more pieces ofconfiguration information #A and there are no special limits made in thedisclosure. In addition, when there are multiple pieces of configurationinformation #A, each piece of configuration information #A may be usedto indicate configurations of one or more transmission resources.Moreover, the multiple pieces of configuration information #A may besent at the same time and may also be sent at different time and thereare no special limits made in the disclosure.

After the network device determines that the beam group #1 is requiredto use the transmission resource #A, the network device may send to theterminal device configuration information #B (i.e., an example of secondconfiguration information) used to indicate the transmission resource#A. Therefore, the terminal device may determine that the transmissionresource #A is the transmission resource available for the beam group #1on the basis of the configuration information #B and determine theconfiguration of the transmission resource #A on the basis of theconfiguration information #A.

In the embodiments of the disclosure, the Q transmission resources maycorrespond to Q resource identifiers (IDs) (i.e., an example of firstIDs) one to one.

Specifically, in the embodiments of the disclosure, when the M beamgroups further includes the other beam group, in addition to the beamgroup #1, the configuration information #B may further be used toindicate the mapping relationship between the transmission resource #Aand the beam group #1.

Exemplarily but unlimitedly, in the embodiments of the disclosure, theconfiguration information #A may further be used to indicate theresource ID (i.e., an example of the first ID) of each of the multipletransmission resources, namely an ID of a transmission resource may beused to uniquely indicate the transmission resource. That is,exemplarily but unlimitedly, the configuration information #A mayinclude the following information.

[resource_set_1, resource_set_2, . . . , resource_set_K], whereresource_set_k is the ID of a transmission resource #k (k=1, 2, . . . ,K) and K is the number of the multiple transmission resources.

Under this condition, the configuration information #B may include an IDof the transmission resource #A, or, the configuration information mayfurther include a mapping relationship between the ID of thetransmission resource #A and an ID of the beam group #1.

Exemplarily but unlimitedly, the configuration information #B may be theresource ID corresponding to the transmission resource #A in[resource_set_1, resource_set_2, . . . , resource_set_K].

A transmission manner for the configuration information #A and theconfiguration information #B will be described below in detail.

For example, in the embodiments of the disclosure, the network devicemay send the configuration information #A to the terminal device #Athrough RRC signaling for the terminal device #A.

Moreover, the network device may send the configuration information #Bto the terminal device #A through a MAC CE for the terminal device #A.

Or, the network device may send the configuration information #B to theterminal device #A through DCI for the terminal device

For another example, in the embodiments of the disclosure, the networkdevice may send the configuration information #A to the terminal device#A through a MAC CE for the terminal device #A.

Moreover, the network device may send the configuration information #Bto the terminal device #A through DCI for the terminal device #A.

A Second Manner

In the embodiments of the disclosure, for example, before the terminaldevice communicates on the basis of the beam, and for example,responsive to access of the terminal device to the network device, thenetwork device may send configuration information #C (i.e., an exampleof third configuration information) to the terminal device. Theconfiguration information #C may be used to indicate a configuration ofa transmission resource (for example, a size and position of thetransmission resource) in each of multiple (i.e., H, H≥M) transmissionresource sets, and mapping relationships between multiple beam groupsand the multiple transmission resource sets. Moreover, the transmissionresource in each transmission resource set may have an index used touniquely indicate the transmission resource in the transmission resourceset. Each transmission resource set may include at least onetransmission resource, the multiple beam groups include the beam group#1 and the transmission resource #A belongs to at least one transmissionresource set of the multiple transmission resource sets.

Therefore, the terminal device may team, according to the configurationinformation #C, the configurations of the multiple transmissionresources including the transmission resource #A, for example, at leastone of the size or position of each transmission resource in the timedomain, at least one of the size or position of each transmissionresource on the frequency domain, or at least one of the size orposition of each transmission resource in the time domain and thefrequency domain.

In the embodiments of the disclosure, there may be one or more pieces ofconfiguration information #C and there are no special limits made in thedisclosure. In addition, when there are multiple pieces of configurationinformation #C, each piece of configuration information #C may be usedto indicate configurations of one or more transmission resources.Moreover, the multiple pieces of configuration information #C may besent at the same time and may also be sent at different time and thereare no special limits made in the disclosure.

Exemplarily but unlimitedly, the configuration information #C mayinclude the following information.

[Beam group_i, resource_set_i_1, resource_set_i_2, . . . ,resource_set_i_w], where resource_set_w is an ID of a transmissionresource #w (w=1, 2, . . . , W), W is the number of transmissionresources in the transmission resource set corresponding to Beamgroup_1, Beam group_i is an ID of a beam group #i and i ∈ [1, M].

After the network device determines that the beam group #1 is requiredto use the transmission resource #A, the network device may send to theterminal device configuration information #D used to indicate thetransmission resource #A. Therefore, the terminal device may determinethat the transmission resource #A is the transmission resource availablefor the beam group #1 on the basis of the configuration information #Dand determine the configuration of the transmission resource #A on thebasis of the configuration information #C.

Under this condition, the configuration information #D may include theID of the beam group #1 and an index of the transmission resource #A inthe transmission resource set corresponding to the beam group #1.

A transmission manner for the configuration information #C and theconfiguration information #D will be described below in detail.

For example, in the embodiments of the disclosure, the network devicemay send the configuration information #C to the terminal device #Athrough RRC signaling for the terminal device #A.

Moreover, the network device may send the configuration information #Dto the terminal device #A through a MAC CE for the terminal device #A.

Or, the network device may send the configuration information #D to theterminal device #A through DCI for the terminal device #A.

For another example, in the embodiments of the disclosure, the networkdevice may send the configuration information #C to the terminal device#A through a MAC CE for the terminal device #A.

Moreover, the network device may send the configuration information #Dto the terminal device #A through DCI for the terminal device #A.

In addition, in the embodiments of the disclosure, a transmissionresource provided by the communication system includes a transmissionresource reserved for a specified channel (for example, a communicationchannel or a broadcast channel) or a specified service. Moreover, in thecommunication system, the transmission resource reserved is protectedand unavailable for another channel or service. Under this condition, inthe embodiments of the disclosure, the transmission resource #A mayinclude no the transmission resource reserved.

Moreover, in the embodiments of the disclosure, the beam group #1 mayinclude multiple beams and the multiple beams may share the transmissionresource #A. Therefore, the terminal device #A may perform jointtransmission on the multiple beams in the beam group #1.

Or, in the embodiments of the disclosure, the transmission resource #Aavailable for the beam group #1 may be overlapped with (for example,partially identical) a transmission resource available for another beamgroup, or, the transmission resource #A available for the beam group #1may be different from the transmission resource available for anotherbeam group. There are no special limits made in the disclosure.

In the embodiments of the disclosure, the transmission resource #A mayinclude a transmission resource (i.e., an example of a firsttransmission resource) used to carry a control channel.

Moreover, in the embodiments of the disclosure, the transmissionresource #A may further include a transmission resource (i.e., anexample of a second transmission resource) used to carry a data channel.

Herein, part resources of the transmission resource (i.e., the firsttransmission resource) carrying the control channel may also be used tocarry the data channel.

Moreover, part resources of the transmission resource (i.e., the secondtransmission resource) carrying the data channel may also be used tocarry the control channel.

Herein, the transmission resource (i.e., the first transmissionresource) carrying the control channel and transmission resource (i.e.,the second transmission resource) carrying the data channel in thetransmission resource #A may be the same and may also be different.There are no special limits made in the disclosure.

In the embodiments of the disclosure, beams configured for the controlchannel and the data channel may be different. For example, transmissionresources on two beams are configured for the control channel and atransmission resource on one beam is configured for the data channel.

Moreover, transmission resources for a beam (i.e., an example of a firstbeam) in the beam group #1 and another beam (i.e., an example of asecond beam) in the beam group #1 may be the same and may also bedifferent. There are no special limits made in the disclosure.

If the available transmission resource presently acquired by theterminal device through the DCI and corresponding to multiple-subframeor multiple-slot or multiple-mini-slot/multiple-subslot scheduling isinconsistent with the existing configuration, the terminal device maydetermine the transmission resource for the beam on the basis of anindication of present latest DCI.

Specifically, in the embodiments of the disclosure, the transmissionresource #A may be a transmission resource available for the beam group#1 during a time period #A (i.e., an example of a first time period).

Before a time period #B (i.e., an example of a second time period), thenetwork device may re-determine and retransmit a transmission resource#B available for the beam group #1 during the time period #B.

Herein, a determination and transmission process for the transmissionresource #B may be similar to a determination and transmission processfor the transmission resource #A and detailed descriptions thereof areomitted herein to avoid elaborations.

In S230, the network device and the terminal device #A may communicateby use of the transmission resource #A through the beam group #1.

It is to be noted that if the terminal device receives a transmissionresource #Y, which is indicated by other DCI (recorded hereinafter asDCI #2 for convenient understanding and distinguishing), for the beamgroup #1 after, for example, receiving, through DCI (recordedhereinafter as DCI #1 for convenient understanding and distinguishing),the configuration information used to indicate the transmission resource#A for the beam group #1, the terminal device may determine atransmission resource (i.e., the transmission resource #Y) for the beamgroup #1 on the basis of the DCI #2.

In addition, the transmission resource #A and the transmission resource#Y may be completely identical, may also be partially identical and mayfurther be different. There are no special limits made in thedisclosure.

The network device determines transmission resources available for oneor more beams and indicates the transmission resources available for theone or more beams to the terminal device through the configurationinformation, so that the network device may be supported to change thetransmission resources available for the beams according to arequirement, different service requirements may be met andpracticability and user experience of a multi-beam system are improved.

The methods for wireless communication according to the embodiments ofthe disclosure are described above in combination with FIG. 1 to FIG. 3in detail, and devices for wireless communication according to theembodiments of the disclosure will be described below in combinationwith FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 in detail.

FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram of a device 300 for wirelesscommunication according to an embodiment of the disclosure. Asillustrated in FIG, 4, the device 300 includes a determination unit 310and a communication unit 320.

The determination unit 310 is configured to determine transmissionresources available for M beam groups, here, each beam group includes atleast one beam of at least two beams and M≥1.

The communication unit 320 is configured to send configurationinformation to a first terminal device, here, the configurationinformation is used to indicate the transmission resource available foreach beam group.

Optionally, the communication unit 320 is specifically configured tosend the configuration information to the first terminal device throughdedicated signaling for the first terminal device; or

the communication unit 320 is specifically configured to send theconfiguration information to multiple terminal devices including thefirst terminal device through a PBCH or a system broadcast message.

Optionally, the configuration information is specifically used toindicate one-to-one mapping relationships between the M beam groups andM transmission resources.

Optionally, the communication unit is configured to send firstconfiguration information to the first terminal device, here, the firstconfiguration information is used to indicate configurations of multipletransmission resources and the first configuration information is usedto indicate one-to-one mapping relationships between the multipletransmission resources and Q first identifiers (IDs).

The communication unit is further configured to send secondconfiguration information to the first terminal device, here, the secondconfiguration information includes a first ID corresponding to thetransmission resource available for each of the M beam groups.

Optionally, the communication unit is configured to send the firstconfiguration information to the first terminal device through RRCsignaling.

The communication unit is configured to send the second configurationinformation to the first terminal device through a MAC CE or DCI.

Optionally, the communication unit is configured to send the firstconfiguration information to the first terminal device through a MAC CE.

The communication unit is configured to send the second configurationinformation to the first terminal device through DCI.

Optionally, the communication unit is configured to send thirdconfiguration information to the first terminal device, here, the thirdconfiguration information is used to indicate a configuration of atransmission resource in each of H transmission resource sets, the thirdconfiguration information is used to indicate one-to-one mappingrelationships between H beam groups including the M beam groups and theH transmission resource sets, and the third configuration information isused to indicate an index of a transmission resource t in a transmissionresource set h in the transmission resource set h, here, each of the Hbeam groups includes at least one beam, each transmission resource setincludes at least one transmission resource, h ∈ [1, H], t ∈ [1, T], Tis the number of transmission resources in the transmission resource seth, T≥1 and H≥1.

The communication unit is further configured to send fourthconfiguration information to the first terminal device, here, the fourthconfiguration information includes an identifier of each of the M beamgroups, and the fourth configuration information is used to indicate anindex of the transmission resource available for a beam group i in thetransmission resource set corresponding to the beam group i and i ∈ [1,M].

Optionally, the communication unit is configured to send the thirdconfiguration information to the first terminal device through RRCsignaling.

The communication unit is configured to send the fourth configurationinformation to the first terminal device through a MAC CE or DCI.

Optionally, the communication unit is configured to send the thirdconfiguration information to the first terminal device through a MAC CE.

The communication unit is configured to send the fourth configurationinformation to the first terminal device through DCI.

Optionally, the transmission resource includes a time-domaintransmission resource.

Optionally, a time-domain resource available for a communication systemwhere the device is located is divided into at least two time units in atime domain, and

the configuration information is specifically used to indicate aposition of a time unit in the transmission resource available for eachbeam group in the at least two time units.

Optionally, the transmission resource includes a frequency-domaintransmission resource.

Optionally, a frequency-domain resource available for the communicationsystem where the device is located is divided into at least twofrequency-domain units, and

the configuration information is specifically used to indicate aposition of a frequency-domain unit in the transmission resourceavailable for each beam group in the at least two frequency-domainunits.

Optionally, the transmission resource available for each beam groupincludes no transmission resource reserved by the communication system,and the transmission resource reserved by the communication system isonly used to transmit a specified service or a specified channel.

Optionally, the transmission resources available for first beam andsecond beam in the M beam groups are partially overlapped or completelyoverlapped.

Optionally, the transmission resource available for a first beam groupof the M beam groups includes at least one of a first transmissionresource for a control channel carrying the first beam group or a secondtransmission resource for a data channel carrying the first beam group.

Optionally, the determination unit 310 is specifically configured todetermine a transmission resource available for each of the M beamgroups during a first time period and determine a transmission resourceavailable for each of the M beam groups during a second time period.

The communication unit 320 is specifically configured to send fifthconfiguration information to the first terminal device before the firsttime period, here, the fifth configuration information is used toindicate the transmission resource available for each of the M beamgroups during the first time period, and send sixth configurationinformation to the first terminal device before the second time period,here, the sixth configuration information is used to indicate thetransmission resource available for each of the M beam groups during thesecond time period and the second time period is different from thefirst time period.

The device 300 for wireless communication according to the embodiment ofthe disclosure may correspond to a network device in the method of theembodiment of the disclosure, and moreover, each unit, i.e., module, inthe device 300 for wireless communication and the other abovementionedoperations and/or functions are intended to implement the correspondingflows executed by the network device in the method 200 in FIG. 3 andwill not be elaborated herein for simplicity.

FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a device 400 for wirelesscommunication according to an embodiment of the disclosure. Asillustrated in FIG. 5, the device 400 includes a communication unit 310and a determination unit 320.

The communication unit 310 is configured to receive configurationinformation sent by a network device, here, the configurationinformation is used to indicate a transmission resource available foreach of M beam groups, and each beam group includes at least one beam ofat least two beams and M≥1.

The determination unit 320 is configured to determine the transmissionresource available for each of the M beam groups according to theconfiguration information.

Optionally, the communication unit 310 is specifically configured toreceive the configuration information sent by the network device throughdedicated signaling for the device; or

the communication unit 310 is specifically configured to receive theconfiguration information sent to multiple terminal devices includingthe device by the network device through a PBCH or a system broadcastmessage.

Optionally, the configuration information is specifically used toindicate one-to-one mapping relationships between the M beam groups andM transmission resources.

Optionally, the communication unit 310 is configured to receive firstconfiguration information sent by the network device, here, the firstconfiguration information is used to indicate configurations of multipletransmission resources and the first configuration information is usedto indicate one-to-one mapping relationships between die multipletransmission resources and Q first identifiers (IDs).

The communication unit 310 is specifically configured to receive secondconfiguration information sent by the network device, here, the secondconfiguration information includes a first ID corresponding to thetransmission resource available for each of the M beam groups.

Optionally, the communication unit 310 is specifically configured toreceive the first configuration information sent by the network devicethrough RRC signaling.

The communication unit 310 is specifically configured to receive thesecond configuration information sent by the network device through aMAC CE or DCI.

Optionally, the communication unit 310 is specifically configured toreceive the first configuration information sent by the network devicethrough a MAC CE.

The communication unit 310 is specifically configured to receive thesecond configuration information sent by the network device through DCI.

Optionally, the communication unit 310 is specifically configured toreceive third configuration information sent by the network device,here, the third configuration information is used to indicate aconfiguration of a transmission resource in each of H transmissionresource sets, the third configuration information is used to indicateone-to-one mapping relationships between H beam groups including the Mbeam groups and the H transmission resource sets, and the thirdconfiguration information is used to indicate an index of a transmissionresource t in a transmission resource set h in the transmission resourceset h, here, each of the H beam groups includes at least one beam, eachtransmission resource set includes at least one transmission resource,h∈[1, H], t∈[1, T], T is the number of transmission resources in thetransmission resource set h, T≥1 and H≥1.

The communication unit 310 is specifically configured to receive fourthconfiguration information sent by the network device, here, the fourthconfiguration information includes an identifier of each of the M beamgroups, and the fourth configuration information is used to indicate anindex of the transmission resource available for a beam group i in thetransmission resource set corresponding to the beam group i and i∈[1,M].

Optionally, the communication unit 310 is specifically configured toreceive the third configuration information sent by the network devicethrough RRC signaling.

The communication unit 310 is specifically configured to receive thefourth configuration information sent by the network device through aMACE CE or DCI.

Optionally, the communication unit 310 is specifically configured toreceive the third configuration information sent by the network devicethrough a MAC CE.

The communication unit 310 is specifically configured to receive thefourth configuration information sent by the network device through DCI.

Optionally, the transmission resource includes a time-domaintransmission resource.

Optionally, a time-domain resource available for a communication systemwhere the network device is located is divided into at least two timeunits in a time domain, and

the configuration information is specifically used to indicate aposition of a time unit in the transmission resource available for eachbeam group in the at least two time units.

Optionally, the transmission resource includes a frequency-domaintransmission resource.

Optionally, a frequency-domain resource available for the communicationsystem where the network device is located is divided into at least twofrequency-domain units, and

the configuration information is specifically used to indicate aposition of a frequency-domain unit in the transmission resourceavailable for each beam group in the at least two frequency-domainunits.

Optionally, the transmission resource available for each beam groupincludes no transmission resource reserved by the communication system,and the transmission resource reserved by the communication system isonly used to transmit a specified service or a specified channel.

Optionally, the transmission resources available for a first beam andsecond beam in the M beam groups are partially overlapped or completelyoverlapped.

Optionally, the transmission resource available for a first beam groupof the M beam groups includes at least one of: a first transmissionresource for a control channel carrying the first beam group or a secondtransmission resource for a data channel carrying the first beam group.

Optionally, the communication unit 310 is specifically configured toreceive fifth configuration information sent by the network devicebefore a first time period, here, the fifth configuration information isused to indicate a transmission resource available for each of the Mbeam groups during the first time period.

The communication unit 310 is specifically configured to receive sixthconfiguration information sent by the network device before a secondtime period, here, the fifth configuration information is used toindicate a transmission resource available for each of the M beam groupsduring the second time period and the second time period is differentfrom the first time period.

The device 400 for wireless communication according to the embodiment ofthe disclosure may correspond to a first terminal device (for example, aterminal device #A) in the method of the embodiment of the disclosure,and moreover, each unit, i.e., module, in the device 400 for wirelesscommunication and the other abovementioned operations and/or functionsare intended to implement the corresponding flows executed by theterminal device #A in the method 200 in FIG. 3 and will not beelaborated herein for simplicity.

The method for wireless communication according to the embodiments ofthe disclosure are described above in combination with FIG. 1 to FIG. 3in detail, and devices for wireless communication according to theembodiments of the disclosure will be described below in combinationwith FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 in detail.

FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a device 500 for wirelesscommunication according to an embodiment of the disclosure. Asillustrated in FIG. 6, the device 500 includes a processor 510 and atransceiver 520. The processor 510 and the transceiver 520 form acommunication connection. Optionally, the device 500 further includes amemory 530. The memory 530 and the processor 510 may form acommunication connection. The processor 510, the memory 530 and thetransceiver 520 may form communication connections. The memory 530 maybe configured to store an instruction. The processor 510 is configuredto execute the instruction stored in the memory 530 to control thetransceiver 520 to send information or a signal.

The processor 510 may correspond to the determination unit 310 in FIG. 4and the transceiver 520 may correspond to the communication unit 320 inFIG. 4.

The device 500 for wireless communication according to the embodiment ofthe disclosure may correspond to a network device in the method of theembodiment of the disclosure, and moreover, each unit, i.e., module, inthe device 500 for wireless communication and the other abovementionedoperations and/or functions are intended to implement the correspondingflows executed by the network device in the method 200 in FIG. 3 andwill not be elaborated herein for simplicity.

FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a device 600 for wirelesscommunication according to an embodiment of the disclosure. Asillustrated in FIG. 7, the device 600 includes a processor 610 and atransceiver 620. The processor 610 and the transceiver 620 form acommunication connection. Optionally, the equipment 600 further includesa memory 630. The memory 630 and the processor 610 may form acommunication connection. The processor 610, the memory 630 and thetransceiver 620 may form communication connections. The memory 630 maybe configured to store an instruction. The processor 610 is configuredto execute the instruction stored in the memory 630 to control thetransceiver 620 to send information or a signal.

The processor 610 may correspond to the determination unit 410 in FIG. 5and the transceiver 620 may correspond to the communication unit 420 inFIG. 5.

The device 600 for wireless communication according to the embodiment ofthe disclosure may correspond to a first terminal device in the methodof the embodiment of the disclosure, and moreover, each unit, i.e.,module, in the device 600 for wireless communication and the otherabovementioned operations and/or functions are intended to implement thecorresponding flows executed by the first terminal device in the method200 in FIG. 3 and will not be elaborated herein for simplicity.

It is to be noted that the method embodiment of the embodiments of thedisclosure may be applied to a processor or implemented by theprocessor. The processor may be an integrated circuit chip with a signalprocessing capability. In an implementation process, each operation ofthe method embodiments may be completed by an integrated logical circuitof hardware in the processor or an instruction in a software form. Theprocessor may be a universal processor, a Digital Signal Processor(DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a FieldProgrammable Gate Array (FPGA) or another programmable logical device,discrete gate or transistor logical device and discrete hardwarecomponent. Each method, operation and logical block diagram disclosed inthe embodiments of the disclosure may be implemented or executed. Theuniversal processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may also beany conventional processor and the like. The operations of the methodsdisclosed in combination with the embodiments of the disclosure may bedirectly embodied to be executed and completed by a hardware decodingprocessor or executed and completed by a combination of hardware andsoftware modules in the decoding processor. The software module may belocated in a mature storage medium in this field such as a Random AccessMemory (RAM), a flash memory, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a ProgrammableROM (PROM) or Electrically EPROM (EEPROM) and a register. The storagemedium is located in a memory, and the processor reads information inthe memory, and completes the operations of the methods in combinationwith hardware.

It can be understood that the memory in the embodiment of the disclosuremay be a volatile memory or a nonvolatile memory, or may include boththe volatile and nonvolatile memories. The nonvolatile memory may be aROM, a PROM, an EPROM, an EEPROM or a flash memory. The volatile memorymay be a RAM, and is used as an external high-speed cache. It isexemplarily but unlimitedly described that RAMs in various forms may beadopted, such as a Static RAM (SRAM), a Dynamic RAM (DRAM), aSynchronous DRAM (SDRAM), a Double Data Rate SDRAM (DDRSDRAM), anEnhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), a Synchlink DRAM (SLDRAM) and a Direct RambusRAM (DR RAM). It is to be noted that the memory of a system and methoddescribed in the disclosure is intended to include, but not limited to,memories of these and any other proper types.

It is to be understood that term “and/or” in the disclosure is only anassociation relationship describing associated objects and representsthat three relationships may exist. For example, A and/or B mayrepresent three conditions: i.e., independent existence of A, existenceof both A and B and independent existence of B. In addition, character“/” in the disclosure usually represents that previous and nextassociated objects form an “or” relationship.

It is to be understood that in each embodiment of the embodiments of thedisclosure, a magnitude of a sequence number of each process does notmean an execution sequence and the execution sequence of each processshould be determined by its function and an internal logic and shouldnot form any limit to an implementation process of the embodiments ofthe disclosure.

Those of ordinary skill in the art may realize that the units andalgorithm operations of each example described in combination with theembodiments disclosed in the disclosure may be implemented by electronichardware or a combination of computer software and the electronichardware. Whether these functions are executed in a hardware or softwaremanner depends on specific applications and design constraints of thetechnical solutions. Professionals may realize the described functionsfor each specific application by use of different methods, but suchrealization shall fall within the scope of the embodiments of thedisclosure.

Those skilled in the art may clearly learn about that specific workingprocesses of the system, device and unit described above may refer tothe corresponding processes in the method embodiment and will not beelaborated herein for convenient and brief description.

In some embodiments provided by the application, it is to be understoodthat the disclosed system, device and method may be implemented inanother manner. For example, the device embodiment described above isonly schematic, and for example, division of the units is only logicfunction division, and other division manners may be adopted duringpractical implementation. For example, multiple units or components maybe combined or integrated into another system, or some characteristicsmay be neglected or not executed. In addition, coupling or directcoupling or communication connection between each displayed or discussedcomponent may be indirect coupling or communication connection,implemented through some interfaces, of the device or the units, and maybe electrical and mechanical or adopt other forms.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physicallyseparated, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physicalunits, and namely may be located in the same place, or may also bedistributed to multiple network units. Part or all of the units may beselected to achieve the purpose of the solutions of the embodimentsaccording to a practical requirement.

In addition, each function unit in each embodiment of the embodiments ofthe disclosure may be integrated into a processing unit, each unit mayalso exist independently, and two or more than two units may also beintegrated into a unit.

When being realized in form of software functional unit and sold or usedas an independent product, the function may also be stored in acomputer-readable storage medium. Based on such an understanding, thetechnical solutions of the embodiments of the disclosure substantiallyor parts making contributions to the conventional art or part of thetechnical solutions may be embodied in form of software product, and thecomputer software product is stored in a storage medium, including aplurality of instructions configured to enable a computer device (whichmay be a personal computer, a server, a network device or the like) toexecute all or part of the operations of the method in each embodimentof the embodiments of the disclosure. The abovementioned storage mediumincludes: various media capable of storing program codes such as a Udisk, a mobile hard disk, a ROM, a RAM, a magnetic disk or an opticaldisk.

The above is only the specific implementation mode of the embodiments ofthe disclosure and not intended to limit the scope of protection of theembodiments of the disclosure. Any variations or replacements apparentto those skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed by theembodiments of the disclosure shall fall within the scope of protectionof the embodiments of the disclosure. Therefore, the scope of protectionof the embodiments of the disclosure shall be subject to the scope ofprotection of the claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for wireless communication, which isperformed in a communication system using at least two beams, the methodcomprising: determining, by a network device, transmission resourcesavailable for M beam groups, each beam group comprising at least onebeam of the at least two beams and M≥1; and sending, by the networkdevice, configuration information to a first terminal device, theconfiguration information being used to indicate the transmissionresource available for each beam group.
 2. The method of claim 1,wherein sending, by the network device, the configuration information tothe first terminal device comprises: sending, by the network device, theconfiguration information to the first terminal device through dedicatedsignaling for the first terminal device; or sending, by the networkdevice, the configuration information to a plurality of terminal devicescomprising the first terminal device through a Physical BroadcastChannel (PBCH) or a system broadcast message.
 3. The method of claim 1,wherein the configuration information is used to indicate one-to-onemapping relationships between the M beam groups and M transmissionresources.
 4. The method of claim 1, wherein sending, by the networkdevice, the configuration information to the first terminal devicecomprises: sending, by the network device, first configurationinformation to the first terminal device, the first configurationinformation being used to indicate configurations of Q transmissionresources and one-to-one mapping relationships between the Qtransmission resources and Q first identifiers (IDs), wherein Q≥M andthe Q transmission resources comprise the transmission resourcesavailable for the M beam groups; and sending, by the network device,second configuration information to the first terminal device, thesecond configuration information indicating the first ID correspondingto the transmission resource available for each of the M beam groups.5-9. (canceled)
 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmissionresource comprises a time-domain transmission resource.
 11. The methodof claim 10, wherein a time-domain resource available for thecommunication system where the network device is located is divided intoat least two time units in a time domain, and the configurationinformation is used to indicate a position of a time unit in thetransmission resource available for each beam group in the at least twotime units.
 12. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission resourcecomprises a frequency-domain transmission resource.
 13. (canceled) 14.The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission resource available foreach beam group comprises no transmission resource reserved by thecommunication system, and the transmission resource reserved by thecommunication system is only used to transmit a specified service or aspecified channel.
 15. (canceled)
 16. The method of claim 1, wherein thetransmission resource available for a first beam group of the M beamgroups comprises at least one of: a first transmission resource for acontrol channel carrying the first beam group or a second transmissionresource for a data channel carrying the first beam group. 17.(canceled)
 18. A method for wireless communication, which is performedin a communication system using at least two beams, the methodcomprising: receiving, by a first terminal device, configurationinformation sent by a network device, the configuration informationbeing used to indicate a transmission resource available for each of Mbeam groups, and each beam group comprising at least one beam of the atleast two beams and M≥1; and determining, by the first terminal device,the transmission resource available for each of the M beam groupsaccording to the configuration information.
 19. The method of claim 18,wherein receiving, by the first terminal device, the configurationinformation sent by the network device comprises: receiving, by thefirst terminal device, the configuration information sent by the networkdevice through dedicated signaling for the first terminal device; orreceiving, by the first terminal device, the configuration informationsent to a plurality of terminal devices comprising the first terminaldevice by the network device through a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH)or a system broadcast message.
 20. The method of claim 18, wherein theconfiguration information is used to indicate one-to-one mappingrelationships between the M beam groups and M transmission resources.21. The method of claim 18, wherein receiving, by the first terminaldevice, the configuration information sent by the network devicecomprises: receiving, by the first terminal device, first configurationinformation sent by the network device, the first configurationinformation being used to indicate configurations of Q transmissionresources and one-to-one mapping relationships between the Qtransmission resources and Q first identifiers (IDs), wherein Q≥M andthe Q transmission resources comprise transmission resources availablefor the M beam groups; and receiving, by the first terminal device,second configuration information sent by the network device, the secondconfiguration information comprising the first ID corresponding to thetransmission resource available for each of the M beam groups. 22-26.(canceled)
 27. The method of claim 18, wherein the transmission resourcecomprises a time-domain transmission resource.
 28. The method of claim27, wherein a time-domain resource available for the communicationsystem where the network device is located is divided into at least twotime units in a time domain, and the configuration information is usedto indicate a position of a time unit in the transmission resourceavailable for each beam group in the at least two time units.
 29. Themethod of claim 18, wherein the transmission resource comprises afrequency-domain transmission resource.
 30. (canceled)
 31. The method ofclaim 18, wherein the transmission resource available for each beamgroup comprises no transmission resource reserved by the communicationsystem, and the transmission resource reserved by the communicationsystem is only used to transmit a specified service or a specifiedchannel.
 32. (canceled)
 33. The method of claim 18, wherein thetransmission resource available for a first beam group of the M beamgroups comprises at least one of: a first transmission resource for acontrol channel carrying the first beam group or a second transmissionresource for a data channel carrying the first beam group. 34.(canceled)
 35. A device for wireless communication, which is configuredin a communication system using at least two beams, the devicecomprising: a processor, configured to determine transmission resourcesavailable for M beam groups, each beam group comprising at least onebeam of the at least two beams and M≥1; and a transceiver, configured tosend configuration information to a first terminal device, theconfiguration information being used to indicate the transmissionresource available for each beam group.
 36. The device of claim 35,wherein the transceiver is configured to send the configurationinformation to the first terminal device through dedicated signaling forthe first terminal device; or the transceiver is configured to send theconfiguration information to a plurality of terminal devices comprisingthe first terminal device through a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) ora system broadcast message.
 37. The device of claim 35, wherein theconfiguration information is used to indicate one-to-one mappingrelationships between the M beam groups and M transmission resources.38. The device of claim 35, wherein the transceiver is configured tosend first configuration information to the first terminal device, thefirst configuration information being used to indicate configurations ofQ transmission resources and one-to-one mapping relationships betweenthe Q transmission resources and Q first identifiers (IDs), wherein Q≥Mand the Q transmission resources comprise the transmission resourcesavailable for the M beam groups; and the transceiver is furtherconfigured to send second configuration information to the firstterminal device, the second configuration information comprising thefirst ID corresponding to the transmission resource available for eachof the M beam groups. 39-43. (canceled)
 44. The device of any one ofclaim 35, wherein the transmission resource comprises a time-domaintransmission resource.
 45. The device of claim 44, wherein a time-domainresource available for the communication system where the device islocated is divided into at least two time units in a time domain, andthe configuration information is used to indicate a position of a timeunit in the transmission resource available for each beam group in theat least two time units.
 46. The device of claim 35, wherein thetransmission resource comprises a frequency-domain transmissionresource.
 47. (canceled)
 48. The device of claim 35, wherein thetransmission resource available for each beam group comprises notransmission resource reserved by the communication system, and thetransmission resource reserved by the communication system is only usedto transmit a specified service or a specified channel.
 49. (canceled)50. The device of claim 35, wherein the transmission resource availablefor a first beam group of the M beam groups comprises at least one of: afirst transmission resource for a control channel carrying the firstbeam group or a second transmission resource for a data channel carryingthe first beam group.
 51. (canceled)
 52. A device for wirelesscommunication, which is configured in a communication system using atleast two beams, the device comprising: a transceiver, configured toreceive configuration information sent by a network device, theconfiguration information being used to indicate a transmission resourceavailable for each of M beam groups, and each beam group comprising atleast one beam of the at least two beams and M≥1; and a processor,configured to determine the transmission resource available for each ofthe M beam groups according to the configuration information.
 53. Thedevice of claim 52, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive theconfiguration information sent by the network device through dedicatedsignaling for the device; or the transceiver is configured to receivethe configuration information sent to a plurality of terminal devicescomprising the device by the network device through a Physical BroadcastChannel (PBCH) or a system broadcast message.
 54. The device of claim52, wherein the configuration information is used to indicate one-to-onemapping relationships between the M beam groups and M transmissionresources.
 55. The device of claim 52, wherein the transceiver isconfigured to receive first configuration information sent by thenetwork device, the first configuration information being used toindicate configurations of Q transmission resources and one-to-onemapping relationships between the Q transmission resources and Q firstidentifier (IDs), wherein Q≥M and the Q transmission resources comprisetransmission resources available for the M beam groups; and Thetransceiver is configured to receive second configuration informationsent by the network device, the second configuration informationcomprising the first ID corresponding to the transmission resourceavailable for each of the M beam groups. 56-60. (canceled)
 61. Thedevice of claim 52, wherein the transmission resource comprises atime-domain transmission resource.
 62. The device of claim 61, wherein atime-domain resource available for the communication system where thenetwork device is located is divided into at least two time units in atime domain, and the configuration information is used to indicate aposition of a time unit in the transmission resource available for eachbeam group in the at least two time units.
 63. The device of claim 52,wherein the transmission resource comprises a frequency-domaintransmission resource.
 64. (canceled)
 65. The device of claim 52,wherein the transmission resource available for each beam groupcomprises no transmission resource reserved by the communication system,and the transmission resource reserved by the communication system isonly used to transmit a specified service or a specified channel. 66.(canceled)
 67. The device of claim 52, wherein the transmission resourceavailable for a first beam group of the M beam groups comprises at leastone of: a first transmission resource for a control channel carrying thefirst beam group or a second transmission resource for a data channelcarrying the first beam group.
 68. (canceled)